my last job fired me without notice, had been there 2 years, didn't come in on a thursday and didn't phone them, they phoned me i told them i wasn't well, then i didn't come in on the friday, walked in on the monday and just acted like it was nothing. was bantering with the other guys in work, they were joking saying 'you're going to get sacked', and in the middle of me bantering to them all the reasons why they couldn't sack me, they all had gone silent, of course my fat cunt of a boss was standing behind me as i said it all.

i'm sure i could have appealed for unfair dismissal, couldn't be arsed tho. i think i'd only had 1 verbal warning for lateness before that, i was never madly late, just about 5 minutes late every single day. but that was just part of my MO.

i like the new policy exchange idea being considered... forcing workers to pay £5 a week to a private firms who would deal with unemployment payments (underwritten by the government in case the some how defraud the unemployed)

It doesn't sound like the worst idea in the world....bit I would like to know more about how it would be extended to cover social care etc....And how that would change the way the right to funding for social care would be changes for those without enough years working to fund their care... Ie those that have suffered from illnesses or disabilities and haven't been able to work up to retirement age...

I'd imagine since they're gonna drop levels on NI required that for people unable to pay in due to lack of work, for what ever reason, the picture won't be so rosy... Esp since the employee contributions are being cut it the perfect excuse to cut employer too.

In my last job the boss used to sit and check login times in the morning. If you were in the office and logged onto your computer she sent you an email saying latesness is UNACCEPTABLE (actual caps, I'm not just carrying on like molo) and will jot be tolerated. I was in for about quarter to near every day. Was late once in 6 months and logged in at 2 minutes past on my first week back after maternity and received a bottom rating of E on a scale of A-E for timekeeping in my mid year review. Fuck i hate that cunt nearly as much as she hates me.

Yeah. At that stage she was the boss and there was nobody else to go to really. I had a blazing argument in her office with her for about 2 or 3 hours relating to that and any number of other things but in the end just got on with it. Anything for an easy life and all that. I wasn't there for the long haul, just for something convenient at the time which fitted my experience and would pay for training. I think you already know how that turned out. And yes I took the company dick again at the end for an easy life :)

It is not seeking to save the country from fiscal ruin – there are many ways of doing that without cutting essential services. It is re-engineering the United Kingdom as a plutocrats' paradise, in which the rich are scarcely troubled by laws or taxes, while the poor are plunged into a brutal world of casual labour, insecurity and legal restraint.

my day yesterday just made me feel even more sorry for the poor bastards that the jobcentre leaves high and dry, people utterly incapable of securing even the most menial of job, because of a variety of special needs, poor confidence and lack of understanding of how to actually answer a question.

people that should be getting help filling in forms, and support in learning how to do an interview, but the jobcentre just gets them to sign on the dotted line, keep applying for jobs they wont get or else you'll get feck all money. people who really want to work.